the governor here in colorado says that at first glance of their damage, they don t believe any schools were damaged and they don t believe in hospitals where, either. he says if it s it holds up that no one was killed in this fight would be new year s miracle. and help folks impacted by the fires listen to those warnings and get out. gillian can expiate some truly terrifying images there, jeff. is it unusual to see these kinds of blazing wildfires at this time of year? we are used to seeing them when the weather is warm. it s been one of the driest cold-weather seasons for the denver area. they haven t had much snow if any at all. you have that, those dry conditions, combined with the strong wind gusts that are almost unheard of through area.
all of this prompting the governor did declare a state of emergency. jeff paul joins us from colorado where thousands have been evacuated. hi, jeff. yeah, gillian, officials wrapped up their third news conference of the day saying most of the larger portions of this wildfire are now out and they are thankful the snow is starting to fall. but they say the recovery effort will be very slow, and it is massive with so many families impacted by this stretch of wildfires. throughout the colorado area. this is just one of the neighborhoods impacted that we are seeing where very few homes still stand. you can see there are some firefighters out there putting up some of putting out some of thespot fir. people are returned to their homes finding they have nothing left. you drive around cities like louisville, this is what we are seeing up close. this is just one of the hundreds of homes in one of the many neighborhoods throughout this colorado area they were burned
[laughter] happy new year to you. seems like a pretty great day to stay home and not going anywhere. right, anita? anita: it sure does. i m getting a little nervous from jeff s report. i m supposed to fly into philadelphia airport in the next two days, so maybe i m spending a few more days here. we will see. gillian: maybe you can reschedule that flight. i don t know. republican and democratic lawmakers here in washington are entering 2022 with one eye already on the midterms. democrat hillary clinton has this warning for her party. take a listen. it is a time for some careful thinking about what wins elections, and not just in deep blue districts where a democrat and a liberal democrat or so-called progressive democrat is going to win. first of all, we don t know what the state of the map is going to be after all the redistricting. it appears as though the republicans, and a number of states, are doing their best to
fox business reporter grady trimble is live at a champagne bar in chicago with little details. grady, why do you always get all the good assignments? [laughs] well, today i m the bearer of bad news, gillian. sails are popping, but so are champagne prices. there is an index that tracks bottle prices for champagne, and i ll show you those numbers. they are up almost 34% so far this year. i guess it s the last day of the year. and there s a shortage of some brands of champagne. no shortage here, they are all stocked up for the new year s eve bash tonight. as i mentioned, i am with craig ruffalo, the owner. certain brands have been harder to get your hands on. there s a lot of different houses of champagne that have been trickier to get this year due to supply chain issues with covid, like any industry. bottlenecks, if you will, no pun intended. or, i guess pun intended. you have been here for 40 years, so you have relationships with buyers, but people going to the story, in a be har
screen revelers before they get into the submission area. pulling back on plans, new york is still moving forward with the adjusted celebration, asking partyers to mask up if you are vaxxed up. if you are at home or watching now or listening on your app or in your car, be sure to to an end, because we ll have the celebration coming from nashville and new york. so we ll see you later tonight. keep it here, we will let you know how it goes. back to you. anita: smaller crowd but just as much spirit. thank you very much, live from times square. another tough day for air travel is this new year s eve. more than 1,000 flights have been canceled so far today as the covid surge and winter weather cause chaos nationwide. gillian: the situation is so bad that one airline is already canceling flights into the middle of next month. from the heart of the nightmare,